Math Nation: Digital Resources to Support K–5

Accelerate Learning
Written By Michael Wiemeyer

Joined 2023

Student standing at a classroom table using pattern blocks during a digital math lesson displayed on a laptop.

Partners

  • Accelerate Learning

  • WestEd

What are we building?

  • A K–5 online math curriculum with embedded Study Expert Videos

  • Usability testing protocols involving interviews and observation sessions to evaluate how students and teachers engage with and respond to video-based instruction.

  • Assess student and teacher experiences with the Study Expert videos.

  • Identify strengths and areas for improvement.

What are we learning?

  • How Study Expert Videos affect student motivation, engagement, and persistence (MEP)

  • How usability and interaction with video features influence learning outcomes in elementary students

  • What tools and design strategies best support independent and engaged learning in K–5 environments

  • Teachers' perspectives on the pacing, length, content, depth of explanations, and overall usability of the videos.

Products

  • A refined set of video design guidelines for K–5 digital math curriculum

  • Embedded MEP-aligned instructional resources

  • Usability-tested Study Expert Video features for broader implementation

Two young students seated at a table working with math manipulatives while watching a Study Expert video on a laptop.
Child using pattern blocks and shapes while completing a worksheet during a virtual math lesson on a nearby laptop.
Elementary student in a classroom watching a math video on a laptop with a worksheet of colored circles in front of him.
Boy sitting at a table using a laptop to watch a math lesson while writing on a worksheet.
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